Course Code: ITS-04-eBUS-007b
Affiliate Marketing is a versatile way of generating income without the need for your own product offering.  If you have your own product offering you will learn how to set up your own affiliate program. 

In this Five hour course unit you will:
Learn about Affiliate Marketing from the perspective of both a vendor and an affiliate and see how it can benefit your business.

This will be achieved by:
- Explaining what Affiliate Marketing is.
- Reviewing a series businesses using affiliate marketing successfully.
- Learning about some of the most important Affiliate Networks
- Setting up and managing an affiliate campaign as a vendor
- Setting up a marketing campaign as an affiliate marketer
- Learning some advanced tactics to boost your affiliate marketing success!

Completing this course will confer 5 CPD Credits towards internationally recognised Continuous Professional Development Requirements within organisations operating this kind of staff development methodology.

Course Outline

To gain an understanding of how to use Affiliate Marketing in online business promotion.

Detailed Topic Listing as follows:

LU ITS EBUS 007b Affiliate Marketing

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Four Roles in Affiliate Marketing

1.2 Affiliate Site Example

1.3 Why Affiliate Marketing?

1.4 Potential of Media Buying

1.5 Samples of Affiliate Programs

2. TOP 12 AFFILIATE MARKETING NETWORKS

2.1 Amazon Associates

2.2 ClickBank

2.3 Commission Junction (CJ)

2.4 ShareASale

2.5 Affiliate Window

2.6 ClickBooth

2.7 PeerFly

2.8 MaxBounty

2.9 NeverBlue

2.10 – Warrior+Plus

2.11 – JV Zoo

2.12 – Digiresults

3. CREATING AN AFFILIATE PROGRAM

3.1 Setting Up Your Affiliate Program – Practical Tutorials

4. CREATING AFFILIATE ACCOUNTS

4.1 How to Set Up ClickBank Account (12:23)

4.2 How to Set-up Amazon Associate Account (16:45)

4.3 How to Set Up a CJ Affiliate Account (7:02)

4.4 How to Set Up JV Zoo Account (3:04)

4.5 How to Set Up Digiresults Account (3:04)

4.6 How to Set Up Warrior Plus Account (3:04)

5. AFFILIATE MARKETING SUCCESS FOR AFFILIATES

5.1 Affiliate Success Formula – Practical Tutorials

5.2 How to Find Good Products on Clickbank (9:42)

5.3 How to Find Good Products on JVZoo (11:03)

6. ADVANCED TACTICS

6.1 Add Affiliate Links and Banners to Wordpress Site (6:30)

6.2 How to Cloak Affiliate Links with URL Shorteners (3:45)

6.3 High Priced Physical Products (7:44)

6.4 Affiliate Launch Calendar Websites (7:54)

6.5 How to Double your Commissions with Bonuses (3:53)

6.6 Writing Product Reviews (7:04)

Further Reading

1 – Affiliate Marketing Made Easy

2 – Affiliate Authority

3 – Affiliate Marketing Blueprint

4 – Five Minute Guide to Building a Brand

5 – How to Double Your Commissions

6 – Top Resources Report

7 – Affiliate Tools Bonus Report

Forum Assignment

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